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Christopher Cockerell
1910 Jun, 4

Christopher Cockerell

Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell CBE RDI FRS (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.

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  • 11 May

    Glacier National Park (U.S.)

    An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • 4 Jul

    Jack Johnson (boxer)

    African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.
  • 15 Jul

    Alzheimer's disease

    In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
  • 18 Sep

    Suffrage

    In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
  • 7 Nov

    Wright brothers

    The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.